Zola Helen Ross

Zola Helen Ross (May 9, 1912 – November 14, 1989) (née Girdey) was an American Pacific Northwest writer. She also taught writing and co-founded the Pacific Northwest Writers Association^[1] with Lucile Saunders McDonald of The Seattle Times.^[2]^[3] She wrote in various genres, including adventure, children's fiction, crime, mystery, and suspense. She was also the author of several Western historical novels; her male counterpart was Louis L'Amour.^[4] The Pacific Northwest and the Great Basin are the settings for her stories, and they include the towns of Reno, San Francisco, and Seattle.^[5] Ross occasionally wrote under the pseudonyms Helen Arre and Bert Iles. She taught writing at the University of Washington and the Lake Washington schools in Kirkland, Washington.^[6] She was married to William Frank Ross, and lived in Seattle, Washington.^[7]

Selected publications

^ "Zola Helen Ross, Author, 82". The New York Times. November 21, 1989. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ McDonald, Lucile Saunders; McDonald, Richard (1995). A foot in the door: the reminiscences of Lucile McDonald. Washington State University Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-87422-120-6. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^ "About the Pacific Northwest Writers Association". Pacific Northwest Writers Association. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ James, Ronald Michael; Raymond, C. Elizabeth (1998). Comstock women: the making of a mining community. University of Nevada Press. pp. 278–. ISBN 978-0-87417-297-3. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^ Vinson, James; Kirkpatrick, D. L. (1982). Twentieth-century western writers. Gale Research Co. p. 663. ISBN 9780810302273. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^ "Zola Ross". cowboydirectory.com. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ Lucia, Ellis (1969). This land around us: a treasury of Pacific Northwest writing. Doubleday. pp. xvii, 623. Retrieved 20 January 2012.